AFFIRMATION OF PROPHETHOOD

Affirmation of Prophethood ~ 257 ~ the laws of human relations are still unknown. Sociology and economics are conjectural sciences – that is pseudo-sciences.3 No doubt science has developed immensely in modern times, but human confusion has not been helped by this. In Limitations of Science, J.W.N. Sullivan points out that the universe that is in the process of discovery by science nowadays is the most mysterious issue in the entire history of intellectual thinking, and that although our present knowledge of nature is much richer than in any previous epoch, even this is insufficient because, no matter where we turn, we are faced with ambiguities and contradictions. Attempts by material science to discover the secret of life have been such pathetic failures that they leave us with the uncomfortable thought, finally, that it is undiscoverable by man. If the reality of life is to remain unknown, how are we ever to function satisfactorily as individuals and as communities? Our finest feelings demand to know it. The intellect – the most superior part of our being has an eternal craving for this knowledge. The whole system of